Gebze
| Gebze | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
 Gebze centrum view of the sky | |
  Gebze Location in Turkey | |
| Coordinates: 40°48′N 29°26′E / 40.800°N 29.433°E / 40.800; 29.433Coordinates: 40°48′N 29°26′E / 40.800°N 29.433°E / 40.800; 29.433 | |
| Country |  Turkey |
| Region | Marmara |
| Province | Kocaeli |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Adnan Köşker (AKP) |
| Area[1] | |
| • District | 584.45 km2 (225.66 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)[2] | |
| • Urban | 304,283 |
| • District | 319,307 |
| • District density | 550/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 41400 |
| Website | www.gebze.bel.tr |
Gebze (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈgebze],) is a district in Kocaeli Province, Turkey. It is situated 30 miles southeast of Istanbul, on the Gulf of Izmit, the eastern arm of the Sea of Marmara. Gebze is the second largest district in Kocaeli after İzmit, the provincial centrum in terms of population. Gebze has experienced rapid growth in recent years, from 159,116 residents in 1990 to 299,047 in 2011.
Contents
1 Geography
2 Twin towns – sister cities
3 Gallery
4 References
5 External links
Geography
The district of Gebze is located in the westernmost portion of Kocaeli Province, with neighbors Tuzla to the west; Pendik, northwest; Şile, north; and Körfez, to the east. The district includes 6 municipalities (Gebze, Darıca, Çayırova, Dilovası, Şekerpınar, and Tavşancıl) and 22 villages (Ahatlı, Balçık, Cumaköy, Çerkeşli, Demirciler, Denizli, Duraklı, Elbizli, Eskihisar, Hatipler, Kadıllı, Kargalı, Köseler, Mollafenari, Muallimköy, Mudarlı, Ovacık, Pelitli, Tavşanlı, Tepecik, Tepemanayır (Tepepanayır), and Yağcılar).
The northern terminus of Osman Gazi Bridge falls within this area; the construction — having a total length of 4 kilometers (with a 1,688-meter main span) — bridges the Sea of Marmara from Kababurun to Dilburnu.
Twin towns – sister cities
Gebze is twinned with:[3]
Karakol, Kyrgyzstan
Garoowe, Somalia
In November 2014, the Garowe Municipality in northeastern Somalia announced that it was slated to meet with the Gebze Municipality in order to finalize a sister city agreement between Gebze and Garowe.[3]
Gallery
Çoban Mustafa Pasha Mosque
Osman Hamdi Bey Museum
Eskihisar Castle
Hannibal büstü
Gebze Technical University
TEVİTOL
References
^ "Area of regions (including lakes), km²". Regional Statistics Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. 2002. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
^ "Population of province/district centers and towns/villages by districts - 2012". Address Based Population Registration System (ABPRS) Database. Turkish Statistical Institute. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
^ ab "Somalia: Garowe to clinch Sister City Partnership with Turkey's Gebze". Garowe Online. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
External links
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gebze. |
Gebze Municipality (in Turkish)- Gebze Hotel Guide
- Gebze Firma Rehberi
Largest cities or towns in Turkey TÜİK's address-based calculation from December, 2013.[1] | |||||||||
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| Rank | Name | Province | Pop. | Rank | Name | Province | Pop. | ||
 Istanbul  Ankara | 1 | Istanbul | Istanbul | 13,820,334 | 11 | Kayseri | Kayseri | 880,255 |  İzmir  Bursa |
| 2 | Ankara | Ankara | 4,474,305 | 12 | Eskişehir | Eskişehir | 670,544 | ||
| 3 | İzmir | İzmir | 2,828,927 | 13 | Gebze | Kocaeli | 582,352 | ||
| 4 | Bursa | Bursa | 1,769,752 | 14 | Urfa | Şanlıurfa | 551,511 | ||
| 5 | Adana | Adana | 1,645,965 | 15 | Denizli | Denizli | 540,000 | ||
| 6 | Gaziantep | Gaziantep | 1,465,019 | 16 | Samsun | Samsun | 523,192 | ||
| 7 | Konya | Konya | 1,138,609 | 17 | Kahramanmaraş | Kahramanmaraş | 458,628 | ||
| 8 | Antalya | Antalya | 1,027,551 | 18 | Adapazarı | Sakarya | 449,290 | ||
| 9 | Diyarbakır | Diyarbakır | 906,013 | 19 | Malatya | Malatya | 425,000 | ||
| 10 | Mersin | Mersin | 898,813 | 20 | Erzurum | Erzurum | 381,104 | ||
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^ "December 2013 address-based calculation of the Turkish Statistical Institute as presented by citypopulation.de".
